YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of African Short Stories
Essays 61 - 90
because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...
a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...
In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...
In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...
In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...
In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...
makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...
71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
cry and Nina apologizes, but Olive "shook her head," indicating that she need not apologize and, after getting control of herself,...
discipline, and demonstrates the ambiguities and inadequacies within the structure of the system. The idea that the law is depende...
man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...
But the memory of the house is misleading, because the author also says that much of the time they lived there she was angry, hope...
A review of this critical analysis of the short story 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker is presented in seven pages. There are no ot...
In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...
This is a book review consisting of 5 pages that considers the collective work of short stories and essays and how the works stead...
A 5 page review of the story by Richard Ford. Narrator involvement is the sad story is the focus of this review . 1 source....
In two pages a biographical overview along with reviews of Joyce's short story collection Dubliners is presented. There is a bibl...
Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...